Equality and freedom for black women in the early 1900s wasn't concepts they were quite familiar with. Alice Walker is the author of “The Color Purple”. Alice Walker was 38 when she wrote this book. Alice grew up in Eatonton, Georgia. She went to two different colleges and she traveled to New York, Africa and Jackson Mississippi. This book is a series of letters to God and later her sister Nettie. These letters were written by a 14 year old girl, Celie. Celie is a poor, uneducated black woman with a sad history. Celie speaks in the first person through letters that she writes to God and then to Nettie. At first, Celie’s letters focus only on her journey. After a series of letters, they thrive to incorporate more complex themes and insights.
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It was like a stereotype that women needs to wear dresses because they are women and it was girly yet wearing pants was manly. Shug is suggesting to Celie to wear pants. Shug is a strong woman and influences Celie to wear pants. This quote helps my thesis because Celie finds comfort in Shug and is easily influenced by her. Shug is helping Celie to strive for equal rights. “She says, Times like this, lulls, us ought to do something different. Like what I ast. Well she say, looking me up and down, let's make you some pants. What I need pants for? I say. I ain't no man. .” Plus “ I don't know, I say. Mr.____ not going to let his wife wear pants.” (Page 146) This goes along with the theme. The theme is the influence of strong female relationships, what Shug and Celie have is a strong relationship. Throughout the book there are multiple introductions with huge importance in their relationships with not only one another but in the other females in this book. Walker characterizes the female friendships from a perspective for women to gain the ability to share stories and discover strength in each other. Celie can confide in Shug and tell her what she has gone threw. In some relationships they even succeed in withstanding persecutions and control and acquire more freedom. The female relationships portrays
It was like a stereotype that women needs to wear dresses because they are women and it was girly yet wearing pants was manly. Shug is suggesting to Celie to wear pants. Shug is a strong woman and influences Celie to wear pants. This quote helps my thesis because Celie finds comfort in Shug and is easily influenced by her. Shug is helping Celie to strive for equal rights. “She says, Times like this, lulls, us ought to do something different. Like what I ast. Well she say, looking me up and down, let's make you some pants. What I need pants for? I say. I ain't no man. .” Plus “ I don't know, I say. Mr.____ not going to let his wife wear pants.” (Page 146) This goes along with the theme. The theme is the influence of strong female relationships, what Shug and Celie have is a strong relationship. Throughout the book there are multiple introductions with huge importance in their relationships with not only one another but in the other females in this book. Walker characterizes the female friendships from a perspective for women to gain the ability to share stories and discover strength in each other. Celie can confide in Shug and tell her what she has gone threw. In some relationships they even succeed in withstanding persecutions and control and acquire more freedom. The female relationships portrays